Paraphrasing,
Summarising & Quoting
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Much of the work you produce at university will involve the important ideas, writings and discoveries of experts in
your field of study.
The work of other writers can...
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Paraphrasing,
Summarising & Quoting
The Learning Centre • http://www.
lc.
unsw.
edu.
au
Much of the work you produce at university will involve the important ideas, writings and discoveries of experts in
your field of study.
The work of other writers can provide you with information, evidence and ideas, but must be
incorporated into your work carefully.
Quoting, paraphrasing and summarising are all different ways of including
the works of others in your assignments.
Your lecturers expect you to demonstrate an understanding of the major ideas/concepts in the discipline.
Paraphrasing and summarising
allows you to develop and demonstrate your understanding and interpretation of a text and to avoid plagiarism.
They are important tools
for reshaping information to suit the many writing tasks that will be required of you.
They also require the analytical and writing skills which
are crucial to success at university.
What are the Differences?
Quotations
match the source word for•
word
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